Vulnerabilities > CVE-2023-45582 - Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability in Fortinet Fortimail

CVSS 7.3 - HIGH

Attack vector

NETWORK

Attack complexity

LOW

Privileges required

NONE

Confidentiality impact

LOW

Integrity impact

LOW

Availability impact

LOW

network

low complexity

fortinet

CWE-307

NVD

Published: 2023-11-14

Updated: 2023-11-18

Summary

An improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts vulnerability [CWE-307] in FortiMail webmail version 7.2.0 through 7.2.4, 7.0.0 through 7.0.6 and before 6.4.8 may allow an unauthenticated attacker to perform a brute force attack on the affected endpoints via repeated login attempts.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part	Description	Count
Application	Fortinet Fortinet Fortimail 6.2.0 Fortinet Fortimail 6.2.1 Fortinet Fortimail 6.2.2 Fortinet Fortimail 6.2.3 Fortinet Fortimail 6.2.4 Fortinet Fortimail 6.2.5 Fortinet Fortimail 6.2.6 Fortinet Fortimail 6.2.7 Fortinet Fortimail 6.2.8 Fortinet Fortimail 6.2.9 Fortinet Fortimail 7.4.0 Fortinet Fortimail 6.4.0 Fortinet Fortimail 6.4.1 Fortinet Fortimail 6.4.2 Fortinet Fortimail 6.4.3 Fortinet Fortimail 6.4.4 Fortinet Fortimail 6.4.5 Fortinet Fortimail 6.4.6 Fortinet Fortimail 6.4.7 Fortinet Fortimail 6.4.8 Fortinet Fortimail 7.0.0 Fortinet Fortimail 7.0.1 Fortinet Fortimail 7.0.2 Fortinet Fortimail 7.0.3 Fortinet Fortimail 7.0.4 Fortinet Fortimail 7.0.5 Fortinet Fortimail 7.2.0 Fortinet Fortimail 7.2.1 Fortinet Fortimail 7.2.2 Fortinet Fortimail 7.2.3 Fortinet Fortimail 7.2.4	31

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-307 - Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

References

https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-287